I live here in Kentucky. I was wondering if anyone knows of any Slovak Festivals or other such things in this state. I am trying to connect with other people...
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Paul Sabol
pgsabol
Jul 6, 2012 2:50 pm
I'm in Kentucky too but have not found any Slovak heritage events. Regards, Paul G. Sabol "Pain or damage don’t end the world, or despair or beatings. The...
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Helen Fedor
helentrib
Jul 6, 2012 3:05 pm
Susan (I believe) is also somewhere in Kentucky. Maybe the three of you should get together for dinner. H To: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com From:...
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S
ukwc.president
Jul 6, 2012 5:02 pm
Yes, I do live in Kentucky, too! So that makes three of us, at least. I have not found many Slovak activities here, although do meet a few Slovaks now and...
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Inez Giles
inezgiles58
Jul 6, 2012 5:35 pm
Hi, everyone! I'm writing to inquire if anyone is planning to attend the festivities at the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library next weekend? I am...
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Plichta
frank_r_plichta
Jul 6, 2012 5:46 pm
Inez, Where is it and what are the times next weekend? Frank _____ From: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Inez...
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Inez Giles
inezgiles58
Jul 6, 2012 5:53 pm
Frank, the events will be held on the museum/library grounds in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday and Sunday. For more information check out the museum's...
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Matchett
juliamatchett
Jul 6, 2012 6:18 pm
Barbara, You never know where you'll meet a Slovak! About 12 years ago, a Czech friend of mine, and I were wondering if there were many people of Czech &...
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Barbara
eternallysea...
Jul 6, 2012 7:21 pm
That would be nice if we could get together sometime in Autumn,summer is too hot. I live in New Haven,Ky. It is 15 miles south of Bardstown which is also about...
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Peter M
whiteox_nelson
Jul 6, 2012 10:55 pm
Thanks Martin. I'm happy that's been cleared up. Peter M....
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marycayd@...
Jul 7, 2012 2:03 am
I’ve been following Peter Sagan in the Tour De France. He’s a 23 year old from Slovakia, it’s his 1st Tour and he’s won 3 stage races. He’s a power...
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Helen Fedor
helentrib
Jul 7, 2012 9:36 pm
Looking for a word in a slightly older Slovak-English dictionary (Konus~), I happened to spot the word "Marc~a," which is defined as 'Polly, Molly'. Marc~a...
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Karen Kosky
trixielixir
Jul 8, 2012 2:28 am
In my family, ka added to a name is something like we would use an ie or y. Slovak relatives call me Karenka. My mother Caroline is Carolka, my cousin Katarina...
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votrubam
Jul 8, 2012 4:10 am
... If used in Slovakia, it had to have ended in -o in Slovak. Unlike in some other Slavic languages (and unlike Slovak last names), Slovak men's first names...
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Karen Kosky
trixielixir
Jul 8, 2012 4:17 am
I was spelling phonetically. I don't know it was written as he passed many years ago and I only know stories and photos...he kinda looked like Kramer! Sent...
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votrubam
Jul 8, 2012 4:54 am
... Indeed, and not quite. The last sound was like the -o- in hot (not like the -a- in hat), the first sound was -s- (not sh): Stano. ... Marika is a...
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Ben Sorensen
benamilka
Jul 8, 2012 12:24 pm
Helen, I discovered that too when around one monument at 'work' (actually, an internship) Molly, Polly, and Mary are all used for one woman. Maris~ka is an...
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Ron
amiak27
Jul 8, 2012 2:51 pm
***happened to spot the word "Marc~a," We have one Maria in the village called Marsha, by my ear, but that is the same ear that still occasionally hears...
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Helen Fedor
helentrib
Jul 8, 2012 3:07 pm
Is "-i" as an ending for feminine nicknames (and other feminine words) a borrowing from Hungarian? My people live SE of Kosice, about 25 miles from the...
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Ben Sorensen
benamilka
Jul 8, 2012 3:32 pm
Sometimes, Helen. I have a cousin, Zuzana, whom we refer to as Zuzi or Zuzka. But my wife's nickname, Milka or Mis~a, cannot change to Mis~i (it would sound...
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votrubam
Jul 8, 2012 4:40 pm
... A linguist. Jazykoveda = linguistics. ... Not a clear one, it's a kind of "floating quasi-vocative"; (as Chuck Norris would surely put it). The -i with...
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Ben Sorensen
benamilka
Jul 8, 2012 6:37 pm
... Seriously, I cannot thank you enough for the information you give us. I cannot believe that I could not make the connection between jazykovedec and...
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lkocik@...
lrrykck
Jul 8, 2012 9:00 pm
Ben  I attached a document but I might have to post it to the file page...I will if this doesn't work.  The doc lists a Stanli Hunkovic.  It's of interest...
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Eve Smith
esmith93580
Jul 9, 2012 1:25 am
My cousin Anna in northern Slovakia (who is currently residing in England) goes by Anicka. She recently walked 500 miles in two months after graduating from...
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William C. Wormuth
senzus
Jul 9, 2012 5:37 am
Larry, First, I SWEAR I AM NOT AS SMART AS BEN. I looked up Hunkovic on Ellis but had no luck. I tried "Honkovic"; and founf a Maryana who immigrated, 1905...
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lkocik@...
lrrykck
Jul 9, 2012 8:17 am
Vilo  First; I disagree. Ben is very smart in his way, and your smart in your way.... He's too young to be smarter than you. I'm sure Ben understands what I...
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Ben Sorensen
benamilka
Jul 9, 2012 11:54 am
I am so sorry that I have not been able to touch this yet- but after work I am on it. :-) Hunkovic does not show up at all in 1995, but Hankovic does (mostly...
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Ben Sorensen
benamilka
Jul 9, 2012 12:01 pm
Where is the document from? Is it American? Stanislav is a normal name in Slovakia, and Stanley is NOT on the calendar. I think you have a transliteration of...
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William C. Wormuth
senzus
Jul 9, 2012 6:29 pm
Larry, I believe he was from Radsovce, Zahorie. I have never published this site but it is very interesting:Â http://www.travelatlas.sk/index.html Rados~ovce...
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cousinjanie1004
Jul 11, 2012 4:43 pm
Perth Amboy, NJ Cemeteries... A second cousin just e-mailed this info to me. Someone went through and took photographs of all the headstones at St. John the...
